Essential employment law: HR & Compliance Centre resource pack

The HR & Compliance Centre one-day conference on Essential Employment Law for HR Professionals is designed to empower HR professionals to understand and prepare for employment law issues. The conference has two streams, one catering for HR professionals looking for a basic grounding in employment law and the other aimed at HR professionals looking to improve their knowledge on recent changes to employment law legislation. The conference will cover a range of topics, including the employee relationship, common workplace issues, discrimination law, the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations, family-friendly rights and flexible working, the implications of the end of the default retirement age, and the Bribery Act. 

To help you make the most of the conference, we highlight just some of the relevant material available on HR & Compliance Centre – including articles on the Agency Workers Regulations, flexible working, discrimination law, the end of the default retirement age and the Bribery Act, all topics that will be covered at the conference. 

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Legal guidance

HR & Compliance Centre employment law manual
The HR & Compliance Centre employment law manual provides comprehensive legal guidance on equal opportunities, covering the various strands of discrimination law. There are also sections covering the right to request flexible working and retirement. Each section alerts you to forthcoming changes to the law, via the "future developments" subsection. 

Weekly dilemma: making reasonable adjustments Reasonable adjustments for an employee who has become disabled can include relocation, says Laura Kearsley, associate at Weightmans. 

Equality Act 2010: employers' questions answered The Equality Act 2010 aims to provide a simpler, more consistent and more effective legal framework for preventing discrimination. We answer questions for employers unsure as to their obligations under the new legislation. 

Agency Workers Regulations 2010 The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 come into force in October 2011 and will give agency workers the same basic employment conditions after 12 weeks in a given job as those that would have applied if they had been recruited directly by the hirer. This article explains the effect of the Regulations and assesses their likely impact. It also considers which aspects of the Regulations are most controversial and likely to be subject to legal challenge. 

Abolition of the default retirement age: frequently asked questions Elizabeth Stevens of Steeles (Law) LLP considers some frequently asked questions on the abolition of the default retirement age. 

Bribery Act 2010: overview Sarah-Marie Williams and Rachel Cropper-Mawer of Clyde & Co LLP give an overview of the Bribery Act 2010. 

Remember, if you come across any article on HR & Compliance Centre that you want to draw to the attention of a colleague, every article has a link to the right of the screen enabling you to "email this item to a colleague". Click on the link, enter the email address of your colleague, and press send. Your colleague will receive the document in full, making this an ideal tool when delegating work. Alternatively, you can email the article to yourself as a reminder. 

HR & Compliance Centre FAQs section
The HR & Compliance Centre FAQs section provides answers to commonly asked questions on a wide range of topics. Questions on topics covered at the conference include:

• What criminal offences are created by the Bribery Act 2010?
• May an employer ask a prospective employee to fill in a medical questionnaire?
• Can an employer treat part-time workers less favourably than it treats full-time workers?
• What constitutes an unauthorised absence?
• Do the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 give agency workers the right to claim unfair dismissal?
• What is the difference between wrongful dismissal and unfair dismissal?
• Do employees have the automatic right to change to a more flexible working pattern?
• What is the timetable for the abolition of the default retirement age?
• What are "adequate procedures" to prevent bribery under the Bribery Act 2010?

Practical guidance

How to discipline employees and handle grievances
The HR & Compliance Centre "how to" section provides practical guidance on a range of disciplinary issues that may affect employers. 

Good practice: Handling discipline
Good practice guide giving an overview of handling discipline. 

The HR & Compliance Centre policies and documents section provides a number of model documents relevant to topics covered by the conference. Examples include an anti-bribery contract clause , general policy statement on flexible working and a post-default retirement age - retirement policy and procedure. 

Case law

Keep up with the latest developments in employment case law and check key legal precedents. Recent high profile cases include:

• Case of the week: Protective awards for collective redundancies
• TUPE: Automatic transfer of employees where transferor in administration
• Industrial action: Union strike ballots not invalidated by minor breaches
• Sexual orientation: Claimant's behaviour meant conduct complained of did not amount to harassment

For up-to-the-minute news on key TUPE cases that have not yet been reported elsewhere on HR & Compliance Centre, see the HR & Compliance Centre stop press section. 

More relevant articles on HR & Compliance Centre

Run these saved searches for further articles on HR & Compliance Centre relating to issues covered by the conference:
Agency Workers Regulations
Bribery Act 2010
Default retirement age
Right to request flexible working

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